Roots: The Gift (1988)
On Christmas Eve 1770, a young African warrior, who three years prior had been captured and sold into slavery in America, leads a desperate group of runaway slaves as they attempt to reach freedom in the North.
Rated
PG
Year
1988
Country
US
Language
English
Release date
11 December 1988
TMDB
7.3 (14)
CineVerse
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Ratings
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LeVar Burton
Kunta Kinte
Louis Gossett Jr.
Fiddler
Avery Brooks
Cletus Moyer
Kate Mulgrew
Hattie Carraway
Shaun Cassidy
Edmund Parker, Jr.
John McMartin
Edmund Parker, Sr.
Jerry Hardin
William Reynolds
Annabella Price
Sarah Parker
Michael Learned
Amelia Parker
Fran Bennett
May
Tim Russ
Marcellus
Jimmie F. Skaggs
Scarvie
B
Brandy Brown
Arabella
Ernest Harden Jr.
Nick
M
Maria Bryant
Lilly
J
James McIntire
Jubal
Lawrence Mandley
Boatman
J
John Sherrod
Driver #1
K
Karl Anthony Smith
Gaunt Man
J
J. Christopher Sullivan
Driver #2
D
Donna Howell
Elly
B
Billy Ray Reynolds
Christopher
M
Michael Edwards
Gentleman #1
M
Myke R. Mueller
Gentleman #2
John Murray
Bishop Wadley
Alex Haley
Self - presenter
B
Bernard Peyton
Jolly
Tina Andrews
Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert Goldman
Horseman (uncredited)
Debra Perry
Slave Girl (uncredited)
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